SCENARIO: BUNKER

ASSAULT
This scenario represents a frontal assault against a section of an enemy fortified line, and
works perfectly with our Atlantik Wall bunkers set!
This could represent troops storming the Atlantik Wall on D-Day, or the German Panzer
Grenadiers attacking the dug-in defenders in the initial phases of the battle of Kursk, or the
western allies assault against the Westwall/Siegfried Line, or the Soviets overwhelming the
Seelow Heights defences as well as what if assaults against the Maginot line and so on
have fun!

BUNKER ASSAULT
Your forces must smash through the enemy defence lines and capture all three enemy
strongpoints.

FORCES
This scenario pitches a superior attacking force against a defender that, though
outnumbered, is dug in into a well-prepared defence line consisting of pillboxes/bunkers
and other obstacles and fortifications. First agree with your opponent who is going to be the
attacker and the defender. The attacker picks a force to an agreed points total (e.g. 1,200pts)
and the defender picks a force that is half that total (e.g. 600pts).
In addition to his force, however, the defender receives three bunkers and nine hard cover
linear obstacles.
Each linear obstacle must be up to 6 long and 1 tall, and should provide hard cover (so use
low walls, earth embankments, sandbags and the like). You can replace any number of hard
cover linear obstacles with soft cover ones (barbed wire, hedges, picket fences, etc.) and
if you do so, you get two soft cover obstacles for each hard cover one you surrender.

However, if you replace too many obstacles in this way, you can alter the game balance
pretty badly, so try to stick to nine pieces of hard cover as much as you can.
Bunkers should be large enough to accommodate a single unit of infantry or artillery. The
rules for bunkers are on page 104 of the Bolt Action rulebook.

SET-UP
The game is played along the length of the table.
Terrain: The defender sets up one of his bunkers and three linear obstacles in each of the
areas highlighted in grey on the map the first, second and third defence lines. The rest of
the table should have very little terrain, maybe only the occasional tree or area of scrub, but
as it represents a prepared defence anything likely to provide cover to an attacker would
have been removed to leave a good field of fire to the troops in the bunkers and behind the
fortifications. The last strip of table between the third defense line and the Defenders edge
of the table can include more terrain, like a small wood, or even some buildings, but once
again, do not overdo it.

It is important that the defender sets up the terrain cleverly, making sure that as much as
possible the bunkers line of fire is as clear as possible and that the fortifications make life as
difficult as possible for the advancing enemies. Keep in mind that the enemy is likely to take
cover behind your defences as he captures them, and that firing over obstacles, unless your
troops are leaning against them, will offer cover to the enemy infantry as well so place
your defences cunningly.
Deployment: The defender then divides the number of units in his army by 3. The result is
the number of units he must deploy within each defence line. Of course, unless the total
number of units in your army is a multiple of three, youll end up with one or two spare
units these can be placed in any defence line or left in Reserve (they can even outflank!).

For example, if you have seven units, you must place two in each defence line and you end
up with a spare one, which you can add to any defence line or leave in reserve.
Defending units can (and should!) use the hidden set-up rules (see Hidden Set-up on page
117 of the Bolt Action rulebook).
The attackers units are not set-up on the table at the start of the game. The attacker must
nominate half of his force (rounding up) to form his first wave. Any units not included in the
first wave are left in reserve. Units in reserve cannot outflank in this scenario, and similarly
units with special deployment rules, like snipers, observers and spotters, cannot use their
special rules.

OBJECTIVE
The attacker must try to capture the three bunkers the defender must try to stop him. To
capture a bunker, the attacker needs to clear it of all enemies and enter it at some point
during the game with one of his infantry units. If the defender moves an infantry unit back
in, then the attacker must capture it again.

PREPARATORY BOMBARDMENT
The attacker rolls a die: on a 2+, a preparatory bombardment strikes the enemy positions
(see Preparatory Bombardment page 118). On a result of 1, the barrage fails to appear, but
you have your orders and the attack must go ahead as planned.

FIRST TURN
The battle begins. During turn 1, the attacker must move his first wave onto the table. These
units can enter the table from any point on the attackers table edge, and must be given
either a run or advance order. Note that no order test is required to move units onto the table
as part of the first wave, and remember that they cannot assault on the turn they enter the
table.

GAME DURATION
Keep a count of how many turns have elapsed as the game is played. At the end of turn 10,
roll a die. On a result of 1, 2 or 3 the game ends, on a roll of 4, 5 or 6 play one further turn.

VICTORY!

At the end of the game, if the attacker has captured all three bunkers, he wins. If the attacker
has captured two bunkers the game is a draw. If the attacker has captured one bunker (or
none!) then the defender wins.
All bunkers are held by the defender at the start of the game regardless of where his troops
are positioned. If a bunker changes hands during the game then it remains under the control
of that side until it is taken back.
To capture a bunker there must be no enemy in it and you must move one of your infantry
units into it.

LARGER OR SMALLER GAMES

You might of course play this type of game on smaller or larger tables, in which case you
should reduce/increase the number of terrain pieces in proportion with the size of the table.
On much larger tables, you may even want to increase the number of bunkers and/or
defence lines, but remember to adjust the number of turns played as well, otherwise you risk
running out of time before you can even reach your objectives!